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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
628 AM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20
NM...
* UNTIL 800 AM EDT.
* AT 628 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM OVER CHARLESTON
NEARSHORE REEF TO NEAR EDISTO FORTY REEF, MOVING EAST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAPERS REEF, BULL BREAKERS, RATTLESNAKE SHOAL, JOE SHUFORD REEF,
CHARLESTON SIXTY, CHARLESTON NEARSHORE REEF, AIR FORCE REEF,
CHARLESTON COASTAL ANGLERS, JIMMY LELAND TUG, LOWCOUNTRY ANGLERS,
KIAWAH REEF, N. EDISTO NEARSHORE REEF, HECTOR REEF, CAPE ROMAIN
REEF AND EDISTO FORTY REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3245 8026 3314 7928 3312 7927 3296 7894
3273 7917 3267 7934 3230 7987 3229 7990
TIME...MOT...LOC 1028Z 287DEG 4KT 3271 7974 3256 7995 3242 8013
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
NED
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